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The unique reach of cybernetics in our fin‐de‐sie`cle

C. Musès (Mathematics and Morphology Research Centre, Sardis, British Columbia, Canada)

Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Article publication date: 1 October 2002

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Abstract

The greatest mistakes and delusions of human history have come about through logically drawing conclusion from an omissive set of premises. Cybernetics, being the science of the study and redirection of feedback, is the science of consequences; its essential task is to recognize and deal with all feedback effects, including the consequences of such omissive conceptions – the so‐called blind spot. Gives some examples of the blind spot as it has manifested itself throughout history in the world of science. Concludes that cybernetics can defuse this blind spot which has perennially plagued human development, individually and societally.

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Musès, C. (2002), "The unique reach of cybernetics in our fin‐de‐sie`cle", Kybernetes, Vol. 31 No. 7/8, pp. 989-1004. https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920210436291

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